Timing signatures of solar flares
Abstract
We compare the timing signatures of solar flares observed with the GOES X-ray and the SDO/AIA instruments between the years 2010-2015. From this comparison we find that: (i) the rise-time of flares (time difference from the background to peak) is inversely correlated with the solar cycle, i.e. longer lasting rise times occur during the solar minimum. This implies that a higher thermal state of the outer solar atmosphere, during solar maximum, is far more receptive to being heated than during a solar minimum. (ii) From an analysis of rise-times, statistically, we find that 171 A appears to detect the earliest flares, providing clues to fact that this might be layer where reconnections are first triggered. We discuss the implications of these and other statistical results in terms of forecasting of solar flares.
- Publication:
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AGU Fall Meeting Abstracts
- Pub Date:
- December 2016
- Bibcode:
- 2016AGUFMSH43E..02B
- Keywords:
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- 7599 General or miscellaneous;
- SOLAR PHYSICS;
- ASTROPHYSICS;
- AND ASTRONOMYDE: 7899 General or miscellaneous;
- SPACE PLASMA PHYSICSDE: 7999 General or miscellaneous;
- SPACE WEATHER